Paper Submission
- Submission of paper must be done electronically .
- Submitted paper should be not less than 4 pages including all figures, tables and references (recommended 4-8 pages), but not more than 8 pages.
- All submissions will be subjected to blind peer-review by two competent reviewers and should consist of original work that has not been published and should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere concurrently.
- The Turnitin similarity index of the manuscript must be less than 20%.
- Accepted papers must be presented by at least one of the authors during the conference to be included in the conference proceedings.
- Authors must prepare their papers using Microsoft Word or LaTeX, according to the Templates and guidelines for proceedings papers, and then convert these files to PDF.
- By submitting a paper an author and all co-authors are assumed to agree with the terms of the IOP Proceedings Licence.
- Acceptance of paper publication is subject to the decision made by the publisher.
- As a summary, please ensure the following:
- Paper size is European A4.
- Margins are 4cm (top), 2.5cm (left and right) and 2.7cm (bottom).
- The paper includes the author name and affiliation (full address including country).
- There are no page numbers, or headers and footers, within the paper.
- The PDF is free of formatting errors (e.g. corrupt equations, missing or low-resolution figures), since conversion from Word to PDF can introduce formatting errors.
- Text is single spaced, not double spaced.
- The PDF file is editable and not password protected.
- All pages are portrait (landscape pages should be rotated).
- Reference lists are checked for accuracy.
- References can only be linked via Crossref if they are correct and complete.
- Figures are placed within the text, not collected at the end of the document.
- A thorough proofread is conducted to check the standard of English and ensure wording is clear and concise.
Templates and Guidelines for Proceedings Papers
Essential guidelines
Please follow these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:
Basic guidelines for preparing a paper
Guidelines for preparing reference lists
Templates
Authors must prepare their papers using our Microsoft Word or LaTeX2e templates,
and then convert these to PDF format for submission:
Microsoft Word templates
LaTeX2e class file
Authors must submit papers for this conference only through Conference papers submission system:
Note: This publication uses blind review. Thus, authors need to ensure that their manuscripts are prepared in a way that does not give away their identity. Please prepare 2 separate files of your manuscript; one for normal submission (complete with author details – name, affiliation, contact) and another one with no author details.
